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and why australia is fighting an infestation of fire ants, the super pest that can destroy agriculture and kill people. and coming up on bbc news... fa cup replays will be scrapped from the first round onwards from next season in an agreement between the football association and the premier league. good afternoon. a conservative mp has been suspended by the parliamentary party after claims he misused campaign funds. by the parliamentary party after the times newspaper alleges he used local party funds to pay off what he reportedly called "bad people" who had locked him in a flat. mark menzies "strongly" disputes the allegations. the conservative party was made aware of the allegations three
details throughout the programme. the conservative party has suspended mp mark menzies after allegations he misused campaign funds. 0ur chief correspondentjoins us now. henry, what exactly is he alleged to have done? these are just allegations at this stage. i had to be frank. they are pretty peculiar and serious allegations. in december, mark menzies rang his former campaign manager at quarter past three in the morning and said bad people had locked him in a flat. he told her he needed £5,000 collective rising to £6,500 as a matter of life and
months ago and says it is investigating. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. honesty needs to start now. the lack of clarity needs to stop. mark menzies. _ of clarity needs to stop. mark menzies, this _ of clarity needs to stop. mark menzies, this was _ of clarity needs to stop. mark menzies, this was him - of clarity needs to stop. mark menzies, this was him last i of clarity needs to stop. mark menzies, this was him last week urging transparency about the impact locally of a wind farm being built offshore. the allegation about his own behaviour, first reported by the times newspaper, is that last december at three o'clock in the morning he called his former campaign manager and said "bad people" had locked him in a flat, adding that he needed £5,000 as a matter of life or death. it is claimed campaign donations were later used to cover the payment, and also that he has received £14,000 to cover medical bills. the bbc has not been able to speak to him for a comment but in a statement to the times he said... i strongly dispute the allegations put to me, i have fully complied with all the rules for declarations as there is an investigation ongoing, i will not be
cyber criminals who had tens of thousands of victims in the uk. and we talk to the woman left paralysed in a car accident who's taking the reins at a major championships tomorrow. on bbc london: with two weeks to go before the election to choose and coming up on bbc news — liverpool have staged epic european comebacks before. they'll need another one — 3—0 down from their europa league quarterfinal second leg against atalanta in italy. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. labour is calling for police involvement after a conservative mp was suspended by the parliamentary party after claims he misused campaign funds to pay off what he reportedly called "bad people" who had locked him in a flat. the times newspaper says mark menzies, a lancashire mp, requested thousands of pounds —
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watching bbc news, here labour is calling for police involvement after a conservative mp was suspended by the parliamentary party after claims he misused campaign funds to what he report literally called bad people who lost in a flat. —— paid off —— a further £14,000 are spent on private medical bills. he strongly disputes the cape claims according to the time. the conservative party was made of the allegations of three months ago and says it is investigating and our political correspondent reports. so the honesty needs to start now, the lack of clarity needs to stop... this was mark menzies last week in a local campaign video and this was filmed he was still a conservative mp but last night he was suspended from the party. it came after allegations in the newspaper that he used funds from donors to pay thousands to so—called bad people who had apparently locked him in a flat. the
the conservative party has suspended mp mark menzies after allegations — reported in the the times newspaper that he misused campaign funds. the claims, which the mp for fylde denies, include accusations he used the money to pay for private medical expenses. our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman, joins us now. morning to you, henry. tell us more about these allegations.— about these allegations. morning. these are just _ about these allegations. morning. these are just allegations - about these allegations. morning. these are just allegations at - about these allegations. morning. these are just allegations at this i these are just allegations at this point but they are serious and pretty peculiar allegations. according to the times, in december, mark menzies, an mp since 2010, rang his former campaign manager at quarter past three in the morning and said had people had locked him in a flat. he said they needed £5,000 and later rose to £6,500 as a matter of life and death to get out.
hamas does not want to talk about a pause, it wants a complete end to this war before it will release the hostages it is holding. here the conservatives have suspended one of their mps, mark menzies, from the parliamentary party, after claims in the times newspaper that he misused party funds. mr menzies, who represents fylde in lancashire, told the paper that he strongly disputed the allegations. here's our chief political correspondent — henry zeffman. according to the times newspaper back in december mark menzies, who has been the conservative mp for fylde, a constituency in lancashire, since 2010, back in december he rang up his 78—year—old former campaign manager at a quarter past three in the morning and he said what he called "bad people" had locked him in a flat. she was told that he needed £5,000 as a matter of, as he put it apparently, "life and death". it is claimed later that
the lack of clarity needs to stop. mark menzies — this was him last week, urging transparency about the impact locally of a wind farm being built offshore. the allegation about his own behaviour, first reported by the times, is that last december, at three in the morning, he called his former campaign manager and said bad people had locked him in a flat, adding he needed £5,000 as a matter of life or death. it's claimed campaign donations were later used to cover the payment and also that he has received £14,000 to cover medical bills. the bbc hasn't been able to speak to him for a comment, but in a statement to the times he said, "i strongly dispute the allegations put to me. i have fully complied with all the rules for declarations. as there is an investigation ongoing. i will not be commenting further." the conservative party was made aware of the allegations injanuary when the former campaign manager reported them. it is investigating and says the process is confidential.
environmental campaigners have already criticised the plans to scrap that key climate change targets. indeed, friends of the earth scotland branded it the worst environmental decision in the history of the scottish parliament. we will be live in holyrood for that statement which we are expecting around 25 past two. but first i want to take a look at some of the day's other news. a conservative mp has been suspended by the parliamentary party after claims he misused campaign funds. the times newspaper alleges he use the local party funds to pay off what he reportedly called bad people who had locked him in a flat. he strongly disputes the allegations. the conservative party was made aware of the allegations three months ago and says it is investigating. 0ur political correspondent reports. the honesty needs to start now, the lack of clarity needs to stop. this was